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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1887-05-06
Good Things that Don't Get In.

w. S. Gilbert, the composer, is good
at repartee. One of the best of his re-
partees was hurled at Mr.. f. e. Bur
nand, the editor of Punch. They were
at press dinner in London, and Bur
nand was responding to toast. Gilbert
who sat at the other end of the table
kept talking while Burnand was speak
ing, and attracted the attention of a
number of guests who were intent on
what he was saying Burnand was
considerably annoyed, and finally said;
"Gilbert, what are you relating down
there some of the good things you
send to Punch that don't get in 7"
This thrust put the laugh on Gilbert,
but he instantly retorted
swell, Burnand, don't know who
sends the good things to Punch, but
they evidently do not get in.-AHanta
Constitution.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1887-05-06
A Turpentine Farm.
WHAT 1T Is AND HOW IT is CARRIED ON
GRADES OF TURPENTINE.

A turpertine farm in southeast Geor-
gia consists of from five to forty crops
of 10000 boxes each. The work is
sometimes carried on by the owners of
the pine forests themselves again the
trees are leased out for a certain num-
Der If years, two or three being about
the limit. Negro labor is principally
employed in this section. The work
commences in November, when the
boxing of the trees begins. The boxes,
which are cut sloping back into the
trees about foot from the ground,
measure three inches back at bottom,
four deep and about seventeen in
length. In March they are cornered /;
that is, a chip is taken off on both sides
just above the ends of the boxes. Next
the faces for dripping are cut V,shaped
between and above the places Clipped.
The number of faces on each tree de-
pends upon its size, varying from one
to three. Besides the original cutting
of the faces, the trees are hacked once
week during the dripping season
with peculiarly shaped knife suitable
to the purpose. The hacking incre as
es the length of the faces, as one or
two inches of bark are taken off a,ove
each time. The dipping of the crude
into barrels begins about the middle of
March, and the boxes are emptied sew
en- or eight times during the season.
They hold from one to two quarts
each, and from 10000 boxes 2lO bar
rels is considered a fair, 250 fire
yield. The first years dripping is call,
ed virgin the second "yearlings,
and all after sod stuff" From eigh,
barrels OF crude they get two of spirits
of turpentine, and FIVE to five and &
half of resin. OF the latter there arc
several grades w. W., "water-wEite :
w. G., "window- glass :" NJ, next high
er and so on up the alphabet, but dowr
in quantity to A, the letter J being
omitted. The first drippings, if mo-
scorched in boiling, make beautifully
white, transparent resin hence the
name "water-white." The crude pro
ducing this can never be obtained from
the trees after the first months running
that for w. g., "window glass" pos
| sibly into July or August.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1887-05-06
A Prairie Of Pitch
INTERESTING DESCRIPTION OF THE WON
DERFUL ASPHALT LAKE OF VEN.
EZUELA.

l have Just returned from trip to
the sc-called "Pitch Lake." writes a
correspondent from Port of Spain,
Trinidad, to the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Running south down the Parian Gulf
to La Brea, some forty miles distant
from this port, we there disembarked,
and, climbing a gentle ascent OF 14O
feet, we found the lake, little more
than mile inland. Strictly speaking,
there is no lake, in the common accept.
ance of the term, but a level plain,
composed of concrete, though flex-
ible, mass of pitch, covering an area
of perhaps one hundred acres.
Bushes, patches of vegetation and
occasional pools of brackish water
diversity the surface here and there,
giving it the appearance Of mud
swamp. There is no difficulty in walk
ing or wading from one end to the
other, for with the sole exception of
several places where the pitch is in a
state of ebullition in soft and viscid
consistency the "lake" is semi-solid.
On it l found chestnut-colored men
and women digging out large clods of
the asphalt with ak and shovel and
loading it upon donkey. carts.
Each lump of the asphalt exhibited
small cavities, and we were informed
by the diggers that they never dig
deep enough to find the pitch at all
softened. The roughened surface of
the pits is exposed to the tropical sun,
aud within few days the cavities are
full again. From 10000 to 10000
tons of the asphalt are dug out every
year, each cubic foot of the pitch
weighing on an average so pounds.
1t is estimated that there are in the
deposit not less than 10,000,00O,0
pounds, which, at the present rate of
digging, should last fully 5000 years.
This is on the lasis that it lies four
feet deep, but as It actually lies much
deeper, and as there Is more or less OF
it elsewhere, it is practically inexhaust,
ible. The lake is dead sea, and de-
serves the name quite as much as did
the Lacus Asphaltites of Palestine in
ancient times. This, however, is a
more remarkable deposit-the most re-
markable in the world-more 80 than
the asphalt stone of Switzerland and
Germany. For many scientific rea
sons it Is superior to the latter, and is
proving an able substitute for it. Fol
what purpose, do you ask? For pave
ments, of course. 1t is Yankee idea
of European parentage, and not bad
idea by any means. 1t is strangely
interesting history that has TO do with
the matter. 1t may be of interest to
relate the story of asphalt. In I'LL
Elriniuas, German physician, discov
cred and first utilized the asphalt O
the Val de Travers, near Neufchatel
and ten years later published his dis
covery. In ls49 the material wa
made use of for paving, and in 1885,
the first asphalt pave was laid in th'
Rue Bergere, Paris. The result wa
satisfactory, and to-day there are il
the French capital hardly less than l,
100000 square yards of compressed
asphalt paves and 100000 yards o
asphalt mastic sidewalk. London als'
has it, and SO have other European
cities.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1887-05-06
Mercantile Appraiser.

The following Act has been passed
and approved by the Governor, April
goth, l8S7.in reference to the appoint
ment of the Appraiser of Mercantile
and other licenses, and requiring the
publication Of the same we give it 10
full.
SECTION |. BE 10 enacted by the Sen
ate and House Of Representatives of
the Commonwealth Of Pennsylvania
in General assembly met, and IL is
hereby enacted By tie authority Of the
same, That the county commissioners
of the respective counties are hereby
authorized and required to publish the
mercantile appraisers list Of names and
classifications OF each person subject to
license, in three papers of general cir
culation in each county of the Com
monwealth, one of which shall repre-
sent the minority party of the two
principal parties of the county, and
one of which may be German or
Welsh paper. Provided, ho,oeoer,
That such list shall not be published in
more than two papers In any county
should the county commissioners desire
to limit such publication to that num-
Der. and prociRed further, That the
Auditor General and city treasurer
shall direct that said list and classifca-
ton shall be published in four news
papers in cities of the first class.
SECTION 2. The Auditor General is
hereby authorized and empowered to
pay the respective newspapers for the
publication of said mercantile apprais-
er's list, the usual rates of advertising
charged by the same to private Gus
toners, and not exceeding thirty cents
per line for four insertions. Provided,
That in no case shall the amount paid
for advertising in any city. or county
exceed ten per centum of the amour,
received by the treasury of the State
from said city or county during the
preceding year from the class of taxes
to advertised, and all bills shall be GER
titled to the county treasurers of the
respective counties by the appraiser
and the county treasurers are hereby
authorized to pay the same upon said
bills being receipted by the respective
publishers in proper form, and upon
approval by the Auditor General they
shall be entitled to receive credit for
the amount 80 paid in the settlement
of their accounts for licenses with the
Commonwealth.
SECTION 8. The appointment of mer-
camille appraisers shall be made annu-
ally by the county commissioners, ex.
cept in cities of the first class where
the Auditor Genera, and the treasurer
of the city are authorized and required
to appoint five suitably qualified citl
zens, all of whom shall not be of the
same political party, and the term Of
Office of said appraisers shall be for
three years. The accounts for adver
tising mercantile lists and all othel
State accounts shall be audited by the
Auditor General.
SECTION 4. There shall be no pay fol
advertising nor fee TO any appraiser
for fictitious names or the names o.
persons not residing at the place des
ignated.
SECTION 5. All acts or parts of act
now in force in reference to the publ
cation of mercantile, liquor and othe
licenses, except as hereinbefore provid
ed, shall continue to be and remain il
full force and virtue.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1887-05-06
Mighty Close Gall
A TRAVELLING MANS NARROW ESCAPE
FROM SUDDEN DESTRUCTION.

They were swapping experiences in
the smoker, of the narrow escapes they
had from death on the rail.
"You remember, don't you, when
they were having such a succession of
awful accidents dowE in New England
a few years ago y asked the lugubrious
passenger. f...
They remembered it, certainly.
"Well, sir, it was just my Internal
luck to strike one of those doomed
trains. 1t was in the dusk of evening
that the locomotive left the rails-as
it happened, at point where we were
close to an iron bridge, across a small
stream, that flowed at least forty feet
below. My seat, all the way from
Boston, was in the saloon end of the
drawing-room car. AS we left the
track, plunging along at full forty
miles an hour, the saloon end of the
drawing-room car was hurled with such
violence against the iron girders of the
bridge as TO crush it in, instantly kill
ing the unfortunate person who occu-
pied my seat
"The occupant of your seat killed 2
"Yes, it so happened that had left
the train at the last station before, and
the old lady who took my seat was
plunged headlong INTO eternity."-
Drdkes Travellers Magazine.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1887-05-06

General Roger A. Pryor went to
New York soon after the war without
a dollar, and with no introduction save
his reputation as a soldier in the lost
cause. He acquired almost immedi-
ately good practice, which has stead
lily grown, until it now brings him
$4,000 a year.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1887-05-06

Baker County, Oregon, is larger than
any New England state.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1887-05-06
Ayers S Hair Vigor,

PERFECT SAFETY. prompt action, and
wonderful curative properties, easily
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ous Headaches Constipation, and all all
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have been great sufferer from
Headache and Ayers Cathartic Pills
are the only medicine that has ever
given me relief. One dose of these Pills
will quickly move my bowels, and free
my head from pain. - William l.. Page.
Richmond, Va.
Ayers Pills,
Prepared by Dr. j. c. Aver & CO.. Lowell, Mass
Sold by all Dealers in Medicine.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1887-03-31
NOticei

Having qualified as administrator Of
the estate OF Mrs. Nary Ann Cults. de-
ceased, before the Clerk of the Superior
Court OF Vance county, al persons in
deb5ed to said estate must make imne>
diate payment; and those holding claims
AGAINST the estate are notified to present
hem tt me within tw' I've months from
the date hereus, or this notice will be
loaded in h"r of their recovery. This
lOh day of March, 1897.
r. B. MORGAN,
AID min istrator Of the estate Of Mrs.. May
Ann Cults. decd. mcb. I0-6 O.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1887-03-31
IFISHOULD DIE TONIGHT.

TThc following beautiful tjtTm ne see
going the rounds Of the press a'iiiHcH ~
Henry Ward Bccchcr. We Lave heIoie
read it several times and puhli>hcd IL more
than once; irtt never saw Its antn"I5!iip
credited fl the noted preacher until after
lis deafh. We do NOT think Mr.. Bercher
wrote the poem. In a volume containing
choice selections Cf poetry and pIoIe III ',iI
uo-srsSi0n these lines appear with the lahit
Of +. X Crosby as the autlof-EDjToh
GOLD LEAF
If | should die tonight,
My friends would look upon my quiet race
1;rT[dt, they laid il in its resting place,
Aud deem that death had left it almost fair;
And laying snowfahltc flowers against lily
Would smooth it down with fearful tender
ness,
And fold ny hands with lingering caress-
Poor hands, 80 empty AID 80 cOlu 10
night.
If / should die tonight, -
My friends would call to mind with loving
Some Einily deeds the icy hands had
wrought;
Some gentle word the frozen lips had said:
Errands on which the willing feet had
sped.
The memory of my se'f-hncSs and pride,
by TASTY words would all be put aside.
And 50 should be loved and mOurncC
tonight.
If should die tonight,
Fen heaIts cetrangod would turn once
more to me,
Recalling other days rTinors"fulIy.
The cY,.s that chill NE with avcrtcd CLAN"
Would look upon ME as of yore, perchancc
And soften in Tic old familiar way,
For who could war with dumb, unconsciou
claw
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1887-03-31

The /nAsc agrees with the New
York SIN that we should forget the
old war in order to prepare for the
new. The people of the South would
have forgotten the old war long since
if the party of which the /udSe is a con-
spicuous light had permitted them.
Richmond IThig.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1887-03-31
REAL ESTATE FOR


| will sell one hundred valuable build
ing lots in the town of Henderson.
". e. Persons wishing 20 purchase will
do we'll 10 calland SEE me. l will make
The ermS easy.
j AS II. LASSITER.
Henderson \. q.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-02-01

CHICAGO. Jan. 3L-The through Omaha pas
senger train the Chicago burlington &
Quincy road passed Aurora at 3 o'clock this
morning from which point it runs to this city
without stopping Thirty miles from this city
it was compelled to stop, owing to a blockade by
freight train. A brakeman was sent back
over the track with danger signal to stop
local train from Aurora Before it arrived the
man with the signal was recalled, as the Omaha
was again ready to proceed. Before the man
with the lantern reached the rear of his train,
and before the Omaha had started. the Aurora
train came dashing into the rear of TIE sleeper.
In the gray of the morning, the engineer of the
local train discovered the blockade only in time
to reverse before the collision came. The engine
of the local train partly buried itself in the rear
of the last sleeping car. The platform was de-
molished, and the entire end of the Pullman, in
Guiding the closets. crushed in. The front of the
rear sleeper and the rear of the second sleeper
were also driven into each other, that there
was no escape from the doors. AS the coaches
remained on the track, the passengers at once
began to crawl out of the windows. There was
no fire to add horror to the scene. and in a few
minutes all were known to be safe. One man
who was in the wash room of the sleeper would
have lost his life had not the collision broken q
hole in the roof, through which he escaped. AL
though the passengers were badly shaken up no
one was seriously injured.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-02-01

sides. commonly called Immigrant railroads.
Whether there is much necessity for the pas
sage of such a bill or not, it could not greatly
curtail the law practice of any Congressman,
as it would embrace comparatively few rail-
roads It would have looked much better if
the Senate had met the question squarely.
The dilatory tactics and the evident unwill-
ingness to come to vote on the measure are
excl ting much unfavorable comment. Sena-
tor Beck's blood is up, and he has announced
his determination to call the bill up every day
until it is voted on. The Senate is not wise
in lodging vote.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-02-01
COMMENT AND OPINION.

ssADvERTIsING always paws" to be sure but
sorry to say that advertisingls not always
paid for.-Loweli Citizen.
MANY gentlemen in the front rows of the
orchestra remove their hair, as has often been
noticed, and it is no more than fair that
the ladies should remove their hats.-Boston
Globe.
THE Chicago Journal says it will be about two
hundred years before the woman suffragists
succeed with their issue in this country The
Journal was probably thinking of Democratic
civil-service reform when sit spoke.-Chicago
Tribune
BISMARCK informs the voters of Germany that
the Constitution under which they are supposed
to have some rights doesn't amount to row Of
pins. No wonder that the Socialists come from
that country to the United States with an ldea
that government is mere tyranny.-Atlanta
Constitution.
BEER and wine close the gap between absti-
hence and dram-drnking Most Of the liquor
drinkers are recruited from the ranks of the
beer-dr,nkers. and not from those OF the abstain
ers 1t is all wrong therefore. to suppose that
beer and wine are going to be in any measure
substitute for stronger liquors, and legislation
that proceeds that basis is wrong in principle.
New York Mail and Express.
THE Roman Catholic Church does not keep
debating society. It insists that all its minis
tiers shall preach an approved body of doctrine.
If DR.. McGlynn wants more liberty he must go
outside, where there is plenty Of room, with
every opportunity for free speech. By trying TO
stay ir and go out at the same time he is only
encouraging the outbreaks Of rowdy religion
which keep the police busy at St Stephens.
New York Tribune
WE have stated the main reasons for our con-
viction that the law Interstate commercel as it
stands cannot be executed in practice But we
should consider it national misfortune if this
awkward attempt should result in the entire
failure of railroad regulation by the federal gov
eminent Nor do we fear such an outcome
We believe. on the contrary. that this first ex-
pertinent will gradually lead to better under
standing of the true requirements of the case
and to sound legislation in accordance with
them.-New York Evening Post
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-02-01

AN assembly of Knights of Labor at Leb-
anon, in this State recently adopted the fol-
lewing resolution:
1--WE are not Anarchists, nor even Com
munists, but look with utter adherence upon
any attempt to introduce in our country the
communism Of Europe, which can only re-
suit in anarchy and bloodshed; and without
expressing any opinion as to the guilt or inno-
cense of the convicts at Chicago, we are con-
tent to allow the law to take its course, as adj
ministered by those duly elected and qualified
to administer it."
The resolution is interesting, as we'll for the
sound doctrine it expresses as for the fact
it doubtless represents the sentiments of very
large majority of American workingmen. An
archism and socialism are foreign to the nat
ures of native-born Americans. These dan
gerous doctrines find their proper place in the
large cities and among foreigners; among
American workingmen and in the smaller
towns they meet with little or no encourage.
ment. AS class, our native-born laborine
men are conservative and law abiding. Very
many of them are property owners, or expect
to become such, and this tends to strengthen
their naturally conservative disposition.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-02-01

CONGRESS seems disposed to give the Presi-
dent good deal of retaliatory power A bill
has passed the Senate and has been reported
favorably in the House, authorizing him to
exclude from our ports the products of all
countries which refuse to admit the products
of the American hog in the various shapes Of
pork, lard, etc. The countries that have thus
excluded American pork are Germany and
France. They have shown selfish and un-
reasonable disposition in the matter, and the
time has come when this government owes it
to its citizens to do something for their relief
The closing of the German and French mar
kets to American pork has done immense in
jury to that branch Of trade, and all efforts to
have the embargo removed have proved una
vailing. Retaliation is the only course left
When France and Germany find our ports
closed against the goods they have been used
to export to this country they will begin to
feel the shoe pinching on the other foot Our
importations from both countries are mainly
luxuries--velvets laces, wines, ETC. and we
can do without them good deal better than
their manufacturers and exporters can do
without the money We pay for them. Foreign
governments must be taught to treat the
American hog with respect.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-02-01
IRISH AFFAIRS.
| Gist of Parnelrs Amendment to the Oueen'a
Observation-Disclosures Views.

Gist of Parne1rs Amendment to the QUEENS
Speech Gladstone's Views.
LONDON, Jan. 3l-Mr. Parnell's amendment
to the address replying to the speech from the
throne Gets forth that the relations between the
owners and the occupiers of land in ireland
have not been seriously disturbed in the cases
where those among the owners have granted to
tenants such reductions as were demanded by
the prices Of agricultural and pastoral produce
The remedy for the crisis in irish agricultural
affairs will not be found in increased stringency
of criminal procedure. nor in the pursuit Of such
novel, doubtful and unconstitutional measures
as have recently been taken by her Maiesty'e
government. but in such reform of law and syss
tenn of government as will satisfy the needs and
secure the confidence of the Irish people.
Mr. Gladstone, in another article in the Feb
ruary number of the Nineteenth Century. con-
tends that though Ireland formerly gained con-
cessions from England through fear of an at
tempt by Ireland to repeat her former tactics, it
would be like warning against heaven now Eng
lands strength as compared with Ireland's is ac
ten to one. He would rather rely, he says, upon
Englands innate sense of justice. MIR. Glad.
stone defends the American donations to Ire
land, on the ground that they have done much
to stave off famine. Foreign donations, he says,
il in aid of bad cause, make it q shade worse,
but IL ia good cause serve to remind us OF our
duty To the contention that the granting Of
home rule to Ireland would be 70 hand over thu
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-02-01

THE Evening News asks the Journal to sup
ply it with facts. There is reason to believe
that the News feigns desire for information.
The Journal has facts galore on almost any
subject that could be mentioned, and the one
inquired about in particular; but must respect
fully state that it has more promising and
profitable missionary work on hand than that
of educating its evening contemporary. Had
it desired so formidable a contract it would
have caught the paper when young aud be-
fore it '1Snew it all, if there ever was such a
time in its history.